Re: WRKDBF

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

I agree that SQL is great for looking at data and fixing it, but DBU 
allows me to quickly see all the logicals related to a physical, what 
their keys are and if they have any selection criteria.  It also shows 
me the list of fields in the file with start positions -- something that 
helps a lot when interfacing with other systems.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Jim Steil wrote:
> I'm curious about why people use tools like WRKDBF, DBU and such when 
> SQL is available to them.  I use a free tool call FROG to fix up or look 
> into all my data problems.  Its free, doesn't require the SQL product or 
> an ODBC connection and works great.  I'm not knocking those products, 
> they definitely have a devoted following.  But, for me, SQL has always 
> been the way to get at data and make changes when necessary.
>
>     -Jim
>
> Helge Bichel wrote:
>   
> > WRKDBF is a tool I won't miss when upgrading to V6.R1.
> > It has saved lot of time when investigating files and make record changes
> > 'behind the scene'.
> > Going back to DFU is like walking back to stoneage.
> >
> > How can we get Bill Reger's support for being able to continue WRKDBF at
> > V6.R1.
> >
> > Thanks Bill.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:29 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: WRKDBF
> >
> >
> > James Lampert wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > Could somebody please explain why it is that so many people are so
> > > attached to WRKDBF, and so upset over its demise? I've had to use it on
> > > one or two customer boxes that don't have QuestView, and I find it so
> > > clunky and unstable as to be barely usable.
> > >
> > > Sure, it's open source freeware, but so are OpenOffice, Firefox,
> > > Thunderbird, and GIMP, and none of them are clunky or unstable.
> > >
> > >
> > >     
> > >       
> > I've used WRKDBF for years (decades it seems) and I never considered it
> > either clunky or unstable.  Given the fact that it was written by one
> > guy in his free time (and I believe it started from a code generator),
> > it's incredibly powerful.  I think comparing that to Thunderbird and the
> > hundreds of developers and thousands (millions?) of users is quite the
> > stretch.
> >
> > The iSeries community owes a huge debt to Bill Reger, and I only wish he
> > had decided to bring the tool into the next generation of applications.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > P.S. Your workstation clock is still an hour ahead.
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